Beef and lamb receive 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, a report has found, despite scientists urging people to get more of their protein from less harmful sources.
Analysis by the charity Foodrise found the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) provides “unfair” levels of support to meat-heavy diets that doctors consider unhealthy and climate scientists consider environmentally destructive.
It found beef and lamb were subsidised 580 times more than legumes in 2020, while pork was subsidised nearly 240 times more. Dairy, meanwhile, received 554 times more in subsidies than nuts and seeds.
Lol I’m gonna bet all of this is wrong
Like literally wanna bet me? How much? How will you pay when you lose?
Yeah, alright, I’m gonna bet 1 jpg. I’ll just DM you the jpg should I lose.
I’ll take it.
Iron absorption in legumes is ~1%, example study:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6741854/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405457717304941
From meat it’s ~30%
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8305097/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12252460/ (interestingly this study reports higher legumes iron absorption rate)
Iron in beans per 100g is 2mg-4mg
Source: https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Iron-in-your-diet-ML3395.pdf
At 1% absorption rate you need 1kg to absorb 2mg-4mg. You need 2kg to be in 4mg-8mg iron absorbed range.
Adults recommended iron intake is 8mg-18mg
Source: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/iron/
Iron in red meat per 100g is 2-5mg
Source: https://www.webmd.com/diet/foods-high-in-iron
At 30% absorption rate its ~300g of meat to achieve 8mg.
QED.
(Oh, and btw - most iron in the meat is non-heme, which means from plant origin. Veggies have a lot of iron, humans just don’t absorb it very well without intermediary usage of an animal)
I haven’t forgotten about this, but couldn’t get around to it yet. I’ll assume that your DM is not about this post?